If
you are going to push people to their braking point, Don’t be so
fucking alarmed when they break.
I
am not condoning the actions and I want to be really clear here; IT’S
NOT OK TO KILL...
But;
and you knew there was a “But” coming; lets just take a moment
and look in to the recent Republican Mass Shooting.
No
lets not wade in the “Gun Control” debate. As its been said and
will continue to be said after each Mass Shooting.
Ok so
the Gun-man asked if the baseball players were Republicans and after
they stated affirmative, he opened fire. So this is clearly a
politically motivated crime. I understand that the victims families
lost people they loved. People who cared for their family, had senses
of humour, and filled many roles and places in the hearts of those
nearest to them. The loss of such people is a travesty.
The
gun man however wasn't killing 3 dimensional people; wasn’t aiming
to leave a hole in the lives of the victims families; wasn't lashing
out at fathers, husbands and family members. He was instead killing
“Republicans”.
People
who have passed laws that will remove health care coverage for
thousands; people who cut taxes on the extremely wealthy so that
programs and government services will no longer have funding.
Now
these congress men were not aiming to have single mothers pushed
further in to despair; Not focusing on leaving holes in families as
loved ones die because they cant afford treatments. No these laws
were enacted because in the calculations and ideologies of the
current republican congress, it is within the acceptable margins to,
well Marginalize certain people.
For
those that live in the margins though; this is a daily and consistent
attack. When over 60% of your wages go to rent, and then the food and
utilities continue to rise in price, you don't get to go home at the
end of the day and forget about it. You don't get to spend your
evenings golfing and considering other topics. No; you stay awake at
night worrying and worry as you go to work lacking sleep and worry as
you bus home and make supper.
Just
as a child who is picked on at school everyday, spends over 50% of
his life choking back tears, marginalized adults, spend the bulk of
their lives being affected by those who marginalize them.
So
lets look at this through the cold “realist” school of thought.
As
the middle class shrinks, more and more people are pushed in to the
margins. The political agreement of obeying societal laws in exchange
for the benefits of living in the society becomes a less and less
desirable arrangement. When some of your dreams are attainable
and your life offers you the luxury of being able to relax
occasionally, the exchange for obeying the social norms seems like a
good deal. But when there is little to no chance of improvement,
there is little to no benefits to maintaining the social order. In
prisons they know this and that's why they offer programs and events.
Its the carrot to keep the majority in line.
No
one joins the Taliban because they are close to a promotion, their
bills are paid and after their retirement savings they have enough
left over to go on vacation. No the radicalized are the marginalized.
As
a realist, the rich don't pay taxes because it is the moral thing to
do, they pay up because it is in their own best interest to appease
the peasants. It is in their best interest to keep the machine that
keeps them rich well lubricated.
Again
I want to reiterate; IT’S NOT OK TO KILL! But when the picked on
kid brings a gun to class its not hard to understand the “WHY?”.
If
you are going to push people to their braking point, Don’t be so
fucking alarmed when they break.
-Things
I wanted to say but didn't make it in to the main monologue,
1)
In the last USA election , both Trump and Bernie supporters were
largely people who felt "traditional government" was not
considering their interests. Or in a word - "Marginalized".
2)
Society is like a game of Red-Rover, you win when everyone is
included in on the same team.
3) Google defines ‘terrorism’
as: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against
civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Does this mean that because
the targets were government not civilians, this doesn't count? Or is
this “Radical Non-Islamic Terrorism”? - left out because I think
it muddies the water, and goes against the “we need to be inclusive
and supportive” narrative I was feeling as I wrote... its a shame
cause the paragraphs I wrote were super inflammatory and bound to
generate some Hate-mail responses.
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